Salerno's research interests include several lines of inquiry that apply social psychological theory and experimentation to legal contexts. She is a founding member of the ASU program on law and behavioral science.

Neal is assoc prof & Dean's Prof @ Iowa State Univ & editor of PPP&L. At ASU, she was founding director of Future of Forensic Science Initiative, Law & Behavioral Science co-founder, Fulbright Scholar, & Fellow of APS & APA.

Teaches Psychology of Religion in study abroad settings, and is currently investigating implicit racial bias and its potential influence on sentencing disparity in the criminal justice system.